Shipping Co-ordinator (Pharma/Medical)

We are actively looking to engage shipping, freight professionals with as passion for freight forwarding within the pharma/medical sector for a new role as a Shipping Co-ordinator (Pharma/Medical) in Leicestershire on a hybrid basis!

Client Details

My client is a SME freight & logistics business who are experienced within the pharma, life-science distribution sectors. They ship a variety of temperature controlled medical products, across the world, using air, sea and road freight forwarding solutions and are based in the Leicestershire area. 

Job Description

As a Shipping Co-ordinator (Pharma/Medical) you will report in to the International Shipping & Freight Manager on a daily basis. You will be responsible for the following areas for responsibility across the Leicestershire office. 

• Managing the pricing, quoting, booking and file monitoring of freight across import & export across air, sea & road freight within the medical and pharma sector. 
• Manage air, sea & ocean freight import and export bookings including pricing, quotations, end-to-end shipping and customs documentations.
• Develop and build relationships to ensure a high level of customer service is provided to clients with a knowledge of the clients business requirements
• Informing customers are about the freight prices, port charges, cost of special documents, insurance prices as well as prices for handling the goods.
• Handling customs entries (EUR1's / ATR1's) and arranging billings for VAT/Duties
• Documents of Operations and transportation (booking, airway bills and loading confirmation)
• Nominating carriers, airlines and GSA in-line with rates, OTIF value and customer requirements in line with a variety of INCOTerms.

The Ideal Candidate

The successful candidate will have an expansive background in either air, sea or road freight forwarding industry. The ideal Shipping Co-ordinator (Pharma/Medical) will have the following skills and experience:

• 2+ year's experience in freight forwarding with the medical and/or pharma sector.
• Experience of pricing, quotation and planning customer deliveries across air, sea or road freight forwarding
• Desirable experience of customs compliance (not essential)
• Excellent customer service experience
• Knowledge of INCOTerms is advantageous
• Commutable to Leicestershire on a hybrid basis

What's On Offer?

• £35,000-£40,000
• 32 days annual leave
• 10% company bonus / profit share
• Comprehensive company benefits account.
• World-class training & development and large opportunities to progress.